"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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mgg wrote:
Drag a corner of the window to make it bigger if you need to, then pick a
player from the drop down list. Cool video of bow thrusters.

--Mike



Here's the interesting twist on this. The boat in the video has neither
bow nor stern thrusters.
The boat is equipped with the Volvo IPS drive system. (Forward facing
prop). Volvo has added a joystick that is operative under 1500 RPM, and
the joystick can direct the prop "pods" turn to essentially face one
another and make true lateral motion possible.


That explains something I noticed. I assumed they were thrusters, but the
wash from the bow area seemed too far back. Pretty cool!

I've read that the industry and many boat manufacturers have come to respect
the unique Volvo IPS drive, despite it's seemingly obvious drawbacks.

Eisboch